Although the Army has been steadily shrinking thanks to budget and personnel cuts over the past several years, if you are interested in a job in the Special Operations side of things, you should take action NOW!

Officials from the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion (SORB), say that they are looking for about 3,000 candidates to attend Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) - about 2,000 active-duty enlisted, 1,500 new recruits for the 18X program, and 400 officers.

Here is our ASVAB practice question for this week - the answer is posted below in the "Comments" section!

With the shrinking budgets and personnel in the military, the Army and other branches are only going to take the best and brightest. Make sure that you are prepared when you go to see a recruiter - practice your ASVAB, get in shape, and keep your record squeaky clean! Check out http://army.com/info/center for more information!

Here is our ASVAB question for this week - the answer has been posted, check out the "Comments" link below!

With the US military downsizing, it's no longer a "backup career", it's a highly competitive force that can give you an exciting job, excellent pay, and incredible benefits - if you can get in! Make sure your ASVAB scores are good enough to get the MOS you want, and let us help with all our study materials at http://army.com/info/asvab/general.

Although the 2016 Defense budget calls for a 1.3 percent raise in basic pay for soldiers and their families, the paychecks for military members are still getting smaller according to Col. Mike Hayden (USAF, ret.), the director of government relations for the Military Officers Association of America.

There are moments in time that are greater not because they are particularly unique but because they capture a truth about how we look at a larger-scale view. The grunts that went into Sangin, Afghanistan in 2010 faced an impossible task in a hostile territory surrounded by people that couldn't be trusted. Bing West captures a snapshot of the Marine Battalion 3/5 3rd Platoon as they enter Sangin to take over from our British partners, push back at the Taliban that roam carefree, and find some success before being pulled out of Afghanistan. One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon At War is part battle log of this platoon and part military analysis of the overall strategy in Afghanistan.

For the first time in a decade, the full strength of the active Army has dropped below 500,000 - 498,062 to be exact, according the most recent reports. The reserve component is a little bigger, with 197,126 in the Army Reserve and 349,881 in the National Guard, for a total reserve strength of 547,007 part-time soldiers.

Here is our ASVAB practice question for this week - to see the answer, click on the comments link below!

You only get one shot at the ASVAB, so if you're wanting to join the Army, make sure that you're prepared! Some of the best jobs (Special Forces, Counterintelligence, Cavalry Scout) require minimum scores - so make sure to prepare over at http://army.com/info/asvab/general!

Here is our practice ASVAB question for this week - to see the answer, click on the "Comments" link below! Go to http://army.com/info/asvab/general for even more ASVAB study help!

Want to enlist but worried about your checkered past or a medical problem? Go see a recruiter NOW! This is a slow time for many recruiters, so they may be willing to work with you! Read more about enlistment eligibility here: http://army.com/info/usa/eligibility